Thermodynamics of deca-alanine folding in water

Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 2836-2844

  Hazel, Anthony ^a   Chipot, Christophe ^b,c   Gumbart, James C ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c CNRS   (France)

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EID: 84904136270     PISSN: 15499618     EISSN: 15499626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ct5002076     Document Type: Article

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